CALIF. JUDGE RULES DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP LAW DOES NOT VIOLATE SSM BAN: From the San Francisco Chronicle

California's new domestic partners law, which will give registered partners most of the rights that the state can grant to married couples, survived its first court test Wednesday, when a judge found it does not violate a voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage.

The law, regardless of the rights it confers, does not convert domestic partnership into marriage, said Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Loren McMaster. Marriage is not just a "bundle of rights and responsibilities'' but a unique relationship recognized by the state and society, he said. ...

The suit was filed by sponsors of Proposition 22, the 2000 ballot measure that prohibited the state from recognizing same-sex marriages. They argued that the domestic partner law, scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, is same-sex marriage by another name and cannot become law without voter approval.

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